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Bon Secours In Motion Sports Performance Summer Speed Camp
Still looking for the perfect training camp this summer? Want to focus on improving your athletic performance in time for the Fall season? Bon Secours In Motion Sports Performance is now offering three separate months of summer speed and agility camps!READ MORE
Creating Low-Vision Accommodations in Your Home
When you’re trying to manage your household with low vision there are two steps you can take to help make your daily life easier: adjusting your lighting and labeling and marking difficult to read items. Lighting You should always position lighting so that it is aimed at what you want to see, and away from […]READ MORE
Twist and Shout: Spare Your Back With Proper Lifting Techniques
Back injury is best avoided at all costs. After the first time you have injured your back, it becomes more vulnerable to future injury. A back injury can alter your entire quality of life and possibly your livelihood, especially if it returns or becomes chronic. The time you take to use the right lifting mechanics […]READ MORE
8 Tips for Weight Training Success
Weight training is a form of resistance exercise. A good fitness program includes resistance exercise 2 days each week or more, and includes 8 to 10 exercises that work all the major muscle groups. It’s best to allow at least one day of rest between these exercises. But when it comes to weight training, it’s […]READ MORE
Preventing Falls
Every year, thousands of older adults fall and hurt themselves. Falls are one of the main causes of injury and disability in people age 65 and older. Those who have had a stroke or have multiple sclerosis or osteoporosis are also at greater risk for a dangerous fall. Thankfully, there are numerous ways to avoid […]READ MORE
Eating Out on a Low-Salt Diet
For many people, eating out is something they do to relax and socialize. You don’t have to give this up when you are on a low-sodium diet, but it is important to be more careful about what you order in a restaurant. Sodium is not just in table salt. You can also find it in […]READ MORE
Recovering from Tennis Elbow
Misleading as the name may be, tennis players are not the only people to suffer from tennis elbow. The condition is most often caused by overuse of the forearm muscles using a repeated twisting motion, and these movements are common to various jobs such as carpentry or plumbing, and many daily activities such as yard […]READ MORE
Wrapping Your Hands Around Dupuytren’s Disease
Dupuytren’s disease is an abnormal thickening of tissues in the palm that can change how your hand looks and may make it hard or impossible to use one or more of your fingers. The disease causes tissue under the skin of the palm of the hand to thicken and shorten. This can pull and bend […]READ MORE
Wrapping Your Hands Around Dupuytren’s Disease
Dupuytren’s disease is an abnormal thickening of tissues in the palm that can change how your hand looks and may make it hard or impossible to use one or more of your fingers. The disease causes tissue under the skin of the palm of the hand to thicken and shorten. This can pull and bend […]READ MORE
Overcoming Diabetic Nerve Damage
People with diabetes often have high blood sugar levels. Over time, high blood sugar levels can damage nerves throughout your body resulting in a condition called diabetic neuropathy, or diabetic nerve disease. Patients with higher blood sugar levels, patients who are older or have had diabetes longer, and diabetics who drink too much alcohol are […]READ MORE